Welcome to a New Year of God's Grace

Hi Everyone,

It's here! First semester 2009! I'm so excited and I want to welcome you all to a new year of God's Grace.

One thing right off the bat: Thanks Dan for delivering God's Word to The Point this past weekend. What a blessing God and you are!

Thanks also to everyone who made our first time visitors feel welcome in "God's living room!

Here's a min-schedule:

Wed. 5:30 pm ESL starts up
Thurs: 6:30 pm Meet Greet with new students at The Point - all are welcome
Sunday we start a new teaching series, "Life at The U." The first installment is on Acceptance - first God's acceptance of us and then our acceptance of others. This Sunday Holli will be singing at 10:30 and Mike at 6:30. Thank you God for the gift of music and musicians!
Tuesday the 8th we start with the Bible Classes. First up Marquette 8 pm - The Prodigal God. Did you know the word prodigal means "reckless?" The teaching series and the Bible class are Holy Spirit guaranteed to have us look at the world in a whole new way!

Just a heads up: September 13 from noon to 6 pm is our fall semester picnic at Lake Park. You and your friends and everyone (cf. above) are welcome.

$2 dinners will begin on September 20, so bring along your both your spiritual and physical appetite to worship.

In case you haven't heard, our house-fellows for this year are: Shauna Gagnow, Kate Kante, Stephanie Kudek, Steve Kopitzke, Andrew Limmer and Aaron Spriggs.

I have some homework for you. In addition to you counting my spelling and grammatical errors in the blog (yes I've heard :) , see if you can find the meaning for the words "glocalization" and "third culture." Both words play an important part of walk as Christians in 2009. (Glocalization is not misppelled.)

God's blessings as you live out your God given faith in the mission field with Jesus!

Bill